Subjective Morality Flashcards
Subjective Morality is focused on
the person (culpability)
If they know what they are doing & freely will to do it
Human Act
There is a lack of freedom and knowledge
Act of Human Person
The knowledge that is based on the information the human posses?
Head Knowledge
The knowledge that is based on what is valued?
Heart Knowledge
The responsible use of freedom in the context of what is truly good for the person
Authentic Human Good
If it is done not in freedom
it is done in slavery
What makes living the moral life easier?
Virtues
St Thomas Aquinas’s three principal emotions?
Love, desire, joy
If emotions are not properly ordered
Disordered emotions or feelings
When can capital punishment be justified?
When the state can no longer protect itself from a violent criminal
What are the human virtues?
Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance
What is the right judgment on what must be done?
Prudence
What is also called as charioteer of the virtues?
Prudence
What directs human beings to give what is due to God and neighbor consistently?
Justice
What enables its possessor to endure the difficulties met in pursuing the good courageously and with purpose?
Fortitude
What describes the evenness of or moderation in the human or moral virtues?
Temperance
What are the keys to temperance?
Moderation and balance
What are the theological virtues?
Faith, Hope, Charity
What are the consequences of Faith?
A good moral life, and spirit of evangelization
What instills in the believer a joyful longing for the coming of the fullness of God’s kingdom?
Hope
What is the greatest of the theological virtues and ranked the highest?
Charity
